Black Caps v Pakistan
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Popped down to Hagley oval last night for a look ahead of the first test in 8 days time.
It's been one of the wettest springs I can remember, but the groundsman still had the Sprinklers going hard.
This photo is the actual test match pitch. Looks like it may seam a little!
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Love it @SammyC thanks for the pictures. Bring on those green seamers! Lessons learnt from the Aus tour last year hopefully..
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But we'll lose the toss. It is written.
8 days out. Sand based fast draining modem surfaces .....
Although we have produced some seamers last few years, and lost the toss each time.
Produce an even but reasonably sporting pitch, hope pakistan are underdone. Because we aren't very good anymore.
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Here's the dates for the tests vs Pakistan for those like me that only browse the Fern for sporting updates.
17 NOV
BLACKCAPS v Pakistan
11:00am–Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Test Match – ANZ International Series v Pakistan25 NOV
BLACKCAPS v Pakistan
11:00am–Seddon Park, Hamilton
Test Match – ANZ International Series v PakistanThen we are off to Aus on the 4th December for the Chappell-Hadlee Series, then back home for Bangladesh, Australia and South Africa. Pretty solid lineup for the summer.
http://www.blackcaps.co.nz/schedules/fixtures/international/blackcaps
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@Hooroo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
They will have to keep watering for the next few days too I imagine. 8 days of decent weather down your way with the nor wester will dry that out very quickly
No norwesters in the forecast mate, we've hardly had one all spring in fact.
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@Hooroo said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
My folks farm down your way and said it's been dry as dry up until about a month ago. (They are near Rangiora though)
Hence why I made reference to wet "spring"
I work in the Ski Industry and you are correct, it was a very dry winter (bad for business). But the last month or so has been unseasonably wet. Met Service forecast says this is going to continue in the days leading up to the test match.
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@No-Quarter said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Here's the dates for the tests vs Pakistan for those like me that only browse the Fern for sporting updates.
17 NOV
BLACKCAPS v Pakistan
11:00am–Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Test Match – ANZ International Series v Pakistan25 NOV
BLACKCAPS v Pakistan
11:00am–Seddon Park, Hamilton
Test Match – ANZ International Series v PakistanThen we are off to Aus on the 4th December for the Chappell-Hadlee Series, then back home for Bangladesh, Australia and South Africa. Pretty solid lineup for the summer.
http://www.blackcaps.co.nz/schedules/fixtures/international/blackcaps
I do love that they do tests at proper test venues and not Eden park or cake tin.
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I've been pretty impressed with Pakistan over the past couple of years. Yes there's still some of that trademark inconsistency but they've won a decent number of test matches including good series against England and SL. The performance at the Oval being 2-1 down in the series was impressive.
They seem to have a good mix of youth and old heads. Younis just keeps doing his thing and I've been impressed with Shah.
Going to be a tough series I reckon.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
I've been pretty impressed with Pakistan over the past couple of years. Yes there's still some of that trademark inconsistency but they've won a decent number of test matches including good series against England and SL. The performance at the Oval being 2-1 down in the series was impressive.
They seem to have a good mix of youth and old heads. Younis just keeps doing his thing and I've been impressed with Shah.
Going to be a tough series I reckon.
Agree with all this, they've got the bowling attack to take advantage of a seaming pitch too.
Amir is a rare talent
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We've got uncertainty in our lineup and it appears at least from the outside that we don't know what to do with our middle order. Do we know our best bowling combinations? With Santner out that causes more headaches I'd say.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:
Is it arrogant to assume a 2-0 victory to the BCs ? Pakistan hasn't played outstandingly well in NZ since the two Ws retired and NZ are a different team at home.....I say this all despite losing the last five tests too.
Probably, Pakistan were number one for a while there, they've got an awesome team and their seam attack won't mind some assistance at all. It will be a tough series.
